Good maintenance and housekeeping can go a long way toward preventing a hazardous waste violation.

For example: The ArcelorMittal (AM) tin electroplating operation in Weirton, WV, ran into trouble because it didn’t contain three kinds of toxic hazwaste – cyanide, lead and chromium (a known carcinogen).

An EPA inspection uncovered traces of all three metals on plating equipment, plant floors and outside the building’s dock.